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County Building &Zoning - The Cook County Department of Building and Zoning provides reasonable rules and regulations governing the erection, construction, alteration, demolition, or relocation of all buildings and structures within designated single family, multi-family, commercial, industrial and public zoned districts of unincorporated Cook County.

Ordinances and Codes - Links to the governing codes for the areas of unincorporated Cook County (which, unfortunately, are not available for viewing online.)

Highway Department - The Cook County Highway Department was established in 1913 by the State of Illinois upon approval of the first officially recorded County highway system maps. The present day system has evolved to include jurisdictional authority over 557 center line miles of highways. The Department has maintenance responsibilities for 1,474 lane miles of pavement, 130 bridges, 332 traffic signals and 5 pumping stations from five maintenance garages.

Cook County Department of Public Health - Licenses and inspections are required for food establishments located in unincorporated areas of the county, including but not limited to, restaurants, taverns, package liquor stores, day care centers, and temporary retail food establishments.

Lyons Township - Cook County, IL

UTILITIES

Due to the recent deregulation, in the Chicago area you have choice in your gas & electric service providers. Water and Sanitary sewer (where available) are usually controlled by each areas cities and villages.

IRMA - The Illinois Retail Merchants Association is one of the largest state retail organizations in the United States. IRMA is your statewide professional organization. No matter what your size or kind of store, IRMA can help protect your interests in state government, save you money, and keep you informed.

C.O.R.E. - Consumers Organized for Reliable Electricity - A coalition of individuals, businesses and organizations who support continued reliability in the electric industry.

* Cook County is comprised of 30 townships and over 130 Cities and Villages
all of which are responsible for creating, maintaining and enforcing their own
planning, zoning and building codes & regulations.

Further complicating things, is the fact that many of the
village and city boundaries
overlap those of the
respective townships that they fall into.
Please take that into consideration while doing your property search.